Tampopo -Juzo Itami (1985) Just nipping across the Korea strait now (thanks google maps) to Japan. Although I can’t say I’ve seen a great deal of Japanese… Read more “Asia take 4 – Japanese ramen western”
Category: Asia
Asia take 3 – Korean, genre defining ‘revenge-thriller’
Oldboy – Chan-wook Park (2003) In leaving the western/mid Asian areas, this blog will tell a whole different story. Miles from the oppression of Turkish women in ‘Mustang’… Read more “Asia take 3 – Korean, genre defining ‘revenge-thriller’”
Asia take 2 – Iranian family tragedy
A Separation – Asghar Farhadi (2011) Moving towards Turkey’s southern border, the next film featuring in my Asian stretch is Iranian. I’ve had Iranian films sitting on my… Read more “Asia take 2 – Iranian family tragedy”
Asian cinema – Coming of age in Turkish ‘wife-factory’
Mustang – Deniz Gamze Ergüven (2015) Ok I had already downloaded, watched and set my heart on using this film for the Asian cinema series before realising… Read more “Asian cinema – Coming of age in Turkish ‘wife-factory’”
The World in Film 